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A Denuclearization Deal in Beijing: The Prospect of Ending the 20th Century in East Asia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Gavan McCormack
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On 13 February 2007, a historic deal was struck in Beijing commencing the process of the denuclearization of Korea, comprehensive regional reconciliation, ending the Korean War, and normalizing relations between North Korea and its two historic enemies, Japan and the United States. The agreement is complex, and its implications are enormous, not just for the peninsula. The following paper offers a preliminary analysis.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , February 2007 , e12
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[12] Selig Harrison's word: “Pyongyang's nuclear future and the choice of Washington and Seoul,” The Hankyoreh, 5 February 2007.

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[20] This matter is addressed in detail in my forthcoming Client State: Japan in the American Embrace, London, Verso, 2007.

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[29] Japanese historian Wada Haruki's term, in his various writings on the modern history of North Korea.